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Position: | Quarterback / Punter | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Gatesville, Texas, U.S. | November 30, 1931||||||||||||||
Died: | December 23, 2022 Waco, Texas, U.S. | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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College: | Baylor | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1954 / round: 1 / pick: 5 | ||||||||||||||
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Francis Marion "Cotton" Davidson (November 30, 1931 – December 23, 2022) was an American football quarterback and punter in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL).
Davidson attended Baylor University, and played professionally for the NFL's Baltimore Colts (1954, 1957), and the AFL's Dallas Texans (1960–1962) and Oakland Raiders (1962–1968).
Davidson has the record for the lowest career completion percentage in NFL history, minimum 1500 passing attempts, at 43.9%.